talkative

English

Etymology

From Middle English talkatyve, equivalent to talk +‎ -ative.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔː.kə.tɪv/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.kə.ɾɪv/, (cot–caught merger) /ˈtɑ-/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈʈɔ.kə.ʈɪʋ/

Adjective

talkative (comparative more talkative, superlative most talkative)

1. Tending to talk a lot.

   a talkative girl

   a talkative TV show

   • 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 68:

     Tarzan nodded his head. He was a man of few words, and possibly it was for this reason as much as any that Kadour ben Saden had taken to him, for if there be one thing that an Arab despises it is a talkative man.

2. Speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences.

Synonyms

• (very willing to talk): chatty, gabby, loquacious, outgoing, talksome, outspoken
• (too long or too much): long-winded, garrulous, logorrheic
• (with too many details): verbose
• (too much nonsense): drivellous
• (saying inappropriate things): indiscreet
• See also Thesaurus:talkative

Antonyms

• dour, monosyllabic, sullen, withdrawn
• laconic, taciturn, terse, uncommunicative
• mute, quiet, silent

Derived terms

• talkatively
• talkativeness

Translations

tending to talk or speak freely or often

• Arabic: ثَرْثَار (ar) (ṯarṯār)

  South Levantine Arabic: حكوجي m (ħakwaji), حكوجية f (ħakwajiyye)

• Armenian: խոսուն (hy) (xosun), լեզվանի (hy) (lezvani)
• Aromanian: limbutsescu, limbar
• Azerbaijani: söhbətcil
• Belarusian: гаварлі́вы (havarlívy), гаваркі́ (havarkí), размо́ўны (razmówny)
• Bulgarian: приказлив (bg) (prikazliv), словоохо́тлив (bg) (slovoohótliv), разгово́рлив (bg) (razgovórliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 貧嘴 / 贫嘴 (zh) (pínzuǐ)

• Czech: upovídaný (cs) m, povídavý
• Danish: snaksom, snaksaglig
• Dutch: spraakzaam (nl), praatgraag (nl), babbelziek (nl)
• Esperanto: parolema
• Finnish: puhelias (fi), suulas (fi), suupaltti (fi)
• French: bavard (fr), loquace (fr)
• Galician: falador (gl), paroleiro (gl), faladeiro (gl)
• German: gesprächig (de), redselig (de)
• Greek: ομιλητικός (el) (omilitikós)

  Ancient Greek: λάλος (lálos)

• Hebrew: דברן m (dabrán), פטפטן (he) m (patpetán), פטפטני m (patpetaní)
• Hungarian: beszédes (hu), bőbeszédű (hu)
• Icelandic: málglaður, skrafhreifinn
• Ido: babilema (io)
• Indonesian: banyak omong
• Irish: béalráiteach
• Italian: loquace (it), chiacchierino (it), garrulo (it)
• Japanese: おしゃべり好きな (oshaberi-zuki-na)
• Javanese: cangkeman (offensive)
• Kapampangan: malabit
• Korean: 수다스럽다 (sudaseureopda)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: زمان پاراو (zman paraw)

• Latin: loquax (la), garrulus, multiloquus
• Latvian: runīgs, valodīgs, mutīgs, pļāpīgs
• Luxembourgish: gespréicheg
• Macedonian: разговорлив (razgovorliv)
• Malayalam: വാചാലം (ml) (vācālaṁ)
• Marathi: वाचाळ (mr) m (vācāḷ)
• Māori: kōtetetete, matakuikui, hautete, whakapūkahu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: pratsom, snakkesalig (no)

  Nynorsk: pratsam, snakkesalig

• Persian: وراج (fa) (verrâj), پرحرف (fa) (por-harf)
• Polish: gadatliwy (pl), rozmowny (pl)
• Portuguese: falador (pt), falante (pt), conversador (pt), tagarela (pt)
• Romanian: vorbăreț (ro), flecar (ro), limbut (ro), guraliv (ro), gureș (ro)
• Russian: разгово́рчивый (ru) (razgovórčivyj), словоохо́тливый (ru) (slovooxótlivyj), болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj), бесе́дливый (ru) (besédlivyj), говорли́вый (ru) (govorlívyj), гаваркі (ru) (gavarki)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бр̏бљав, прѝчљив, гово̀рљив

  Latin: bȑbljav (sh), prìčljiv (sh), govòrljiv (sh)

• Slovak: ukecaný, utáraný (sk), zhovorčivý
• Slovene: zgovoren (sl), klepetav (sl)
• Spanish: hablador (es), conversador (es)
• Swedish: pratglad (sv), pratsam (sv)
• Tagalog: madaldal
• Tatar: сүзчән (süzçän)
• Turkish: konuşkan (tr), şapır (dialectal), geveze (tr), çenebaz (tr), lafazan (tr), boşboğaz (tr), dili uzun (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: دیلی اوزون (dili uzun)

• Ukrainian: балаку́чий (uk) (balakúčyj), говірки́й (hovirkýj), балакли́вий (uk) (balaklývyj) (rare), говірли́вий (hovirlývyj) (rare), розмо́вний (rozmóvnyj)
• Uzbek: sergap (uz)
• Volapük: spikotälik (vo)
• Welsh: siaradus (cy), chwedleugar

speaking openly and honestly, neglecting privacy and consequences

• Bulgarian: бъбрив (bg) (bǎbriv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嘴不穩 / 嘴不稳 (zh) (zuǐ bù wěn), 嘴敞 (zh) (zuǐchǎng)

• Finnish: avosuinen, löyhäsuinen, hölösuinen
• German: geschwätzig (de)
• Hungarian: fecsegő (hu)
• Japanese: おしゃべりな (ja) (oshaberi-na)
• Polish: otwarty (pl)
• Portuguese: tagarela (pt)
• Russian: болтли́вый (ru) (boltlívyj)
• Swedish: frispråkig (sv), öppenhjärtig (sv)
• Tatar: такылдык (taqıldıq)
• Turkish: patavatsız (tr)
• Vietnamese: lắm mồm